John Langley 🦉
@cartesianwhy.bsky.social
Music ⋅ Boardgames ⋅ Philosophy
Retired but still interested: Buddhist thought & practice; Mind, consciousness;
Phil of games. Philology. Bits of maths,
Epidemiology…
Electronic music and composition.
Part time owl and curious magpie
Retired but still interested: Buddhist thought & practice; Mind, consciousness;
Phil of games. Philology. Bits of maths,
Epidemiology…
Electronic music and composition.
Part time owl and curious magpie
Did you know that every time you boil the kettle or toast a crumpet, you might be indirectly paying money to the King?
The Crown Estate, which owns seabeds around the British coast, is charging offshore wind developers extortionate fees to build turbines.
Will you join me? --> act.gp/48FiYo6
The Crown Estate, which owns seabeds around the British coast, is charging offshore wind developers extortionate fees to build turbines.
Will you join me? --> act.gp/48FiYo6
King Charles: Stop Profiting At Britain’s Expense!
Energy bills are soaring, and the King is getting rich at our expense. Sign the petition to demand the Crown Estate lower fees on seabeds and make wind farms more affordable to build.
act.gp
December 8, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Did you know that every time you boil the kettle or toast a crumpet, you might be indirectly paying money to the King?
The Crown Estate, which owns seabeds around the British coast, is charging offshore wind developers extortionate fees to build turbines.
Will you join me? --> act.gp/48FiYo6
The Crown Estate, which owns seabeds around the British coast, is charging offshore wind developers extortionate fees to build turbines.
Will you join me? --> act.gp/48FiYo6
Esta campaña te necesita
Curso de Euskera en Duolingo
c.org
November 30, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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I wrote about Richard Dawson’s Simple Things Festival set for @fateamagazine.bsky.social - one of my favourites in a day full of favourites.
www.fatea-records.co.uk/magazine/liv...
www.fatea-records.co.uk/magazine/liv...
FATEA - Home
Fatea Magazine Home Of Acoustic Music
www.fatea-records.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I wrote about Richard Dawson’s Simple Things Festival set for @fateamagazine.bsky.social - one of my favourites in a day full of favourites.
www.fatea-records.co.uk/magazine/liv...
www.fatea-records.co.uk/magazine/liv...
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Here’s my inaugural review for @fateamagazine.bsky.social of the incomparable Ushti Baba’s album launch the other week. It was a wild and wonderful night!
www.fatea-records.co.uk/magazine/liv...
www.fatea-records.co.uk/magazine/liv...
FATEA - Home
Fatea Magazine Home Of Acoustic Music
www.fatea-records.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Here’s my inaugural review for @fateamagazine.bsky.social of the incomparable Ushti Baba’s album launch the other week. It was a wild and wonderful night!
www.fatea-records.co.uk/magazine/liv...
www.fatea-records.co.uk/magazine/liv...
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My review of the incredible @stickinthewheel.bsky.social gig at Strange Brew last Monday. They were so good, I’m ruined for all other bands now!
www.bristol247.com/culture/musi...
www.bristol247.com/culture/musi...
Review: Stick in the Wheel, Strange Brew - 'One of the most original and exciting bands'
Are the London folk trio one of the best live acts out there?
www.bristol247.com
October 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
My review of the incredible @stickinthewheel.bsky.social gig at Strange Brew last Monday. They were so good, I’m ruined for all other bands now!
www.bristol247.com/culture/musi...
www.bristol247.com/culture/musi...
Please support Uni Nottingham Music Dept c.org/hzBgG5TFPr
Sign the Petition
Stop the suspension of undergraduate music courses at The University of Nottingham
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November 19, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Please support Uni Nottingham Music Dept c.org/hzBgG5TFPr
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At what point does the name change to the Trump files?
November 14, 2025 at 10:23 AM
At what point does the name change to the Trump files?
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When a book falls open at the right page. From Lao Tzu’s Tao Te Ching.
April 8, 2025 at 12:31 PM
When a book falls open at the right page. From Lao Tzu’s Tao Te Ching.
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🚨 NEW: UK Government announces new funding for community-owned energy through GB Energy! ⚡
✅ Backing local power for communities across Britain
✅ Supporting green energy projects owned by you
✅ Cutting bills while profits stay in your community
✅ Backing local power for communities across Britain
✅ Supporting green energy projects owned by you
✅ Cutting bills while profits stay in your community
March 21, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I jut told Speaker Hoyle to keep Trump out of Parliament - will you do the same? actionstorm.org/petitions/du... #DumpTrump
Sign the Petition
Keep Trump out of Parliament
actionstorm.org
March 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I jut told Speaker Hoyle to keep Trump out of Parliament - will you do the same? actionstorm.org/petitions/du... #DumpTrump
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Say no to monthly bin collections in Bristol
The Green Party-led Bristol City Council is currently planning to scrap your bi-weekly bin collection, and instead only collect your black bins once a month.
Yet, they are also proposing a 15% rise i...
you.38degrees.org.uk
February 23, 2025 at 11:22 AM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
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MAGA will learn too late that the world didn't admire America for her vast wealth and power, but in spite of it.
February 22, 2025 at 3:39 PM
MAGA will learn too late that the world didn't admire America for her vast wealth and power, but in spite of it.
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Oh - and you could leave your kissing bush up all year!
January 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Oh - and you could leave your kissing bush up all year!
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Did you know…
In the seventeenth century, it was quite proper to leave your Christmas decorations up until Candlemas Eve - February 1st - according to the poet Robert Herrick, at least.
So I hope you haven’t all been too hasty in taking them down.
In the seventeenth century, it was quite proper to leave your Christmas decorations up until Candlemas Eve - February 1st - according to the poet Robert Herrick, at least.
So I hope you haven’t all been too hasty in taking them down.
January 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Did you know…
In the seventeenth century, it was quite proper to leave your Christmas decorations up until Candlemas Eve - February 1st - according to the poet Robert Herrick, at least.
So I hope you haven’t all been too hasty in taking them down.
In the seventeenth century, it was quite proper to leave your Christmas decorations up until Candlemas Eve - February 1st - according to the poet Robert Herrick, at least.
So I hope you haven’t all been too hasty in taking them down.
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Today we celebrate Boxing Day in the UK, so named because cats spend the day exploring empty boxes discarded from Christmas Day*
*This may not be true
*This may not be true
a cat is laying in a box that says 4gifs.com on it
ALT: a cat is laying in a box that says 4gifs.com on it
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December 26, 2024 at 12:12 PM
Today we celebrate Boxing Day in the UK, so named because cats spend the day exploring empty boxes discarded from Christmas Day*
*This may not be true
*This may not be true
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They want you divided, distracted, and angry at each other forever so you won’t notice they’re robbing you BLIND.
Thou Shalt NOT Let Billionaires Take Over the World!
“Let us all unite!”
www.thegodpodcast.com
December 20, 2024 at 5:42 PM
They want you divided, distracted, and angry at each other forever so you won’t notice they’re robbing you BLIND.
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Thanks United Healthcare for once again denying my pain meds. I'm a cancer patient w a bad prognosis and in constant unmanageable pain, but just keep counting beans.
December 12, 2024 at 4:54 PM
Thanks United Healthcare for once again denying my pain meds. I'm a cancer patient w a bad prognosis and in constant unmanageable pain, but just keep counting beans.
February 14, 2024 at 1:28 PM
I feel moved to say this: the Tories are beyond any doubt, completely vile.
December 18, 2023 at 8:12 PM
I feel moved to say this: the Tories are beyond any doubt, completely vile.
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The hardest thing I’ve ever done is hold a child while they screamed for a parent they’ll never see again. I feel sick when I think about how there are 25,000 such children screaming in Palestine right now.
December 12, 2023 at 3:14 PM
The hardest thing I’ve ever done is hold a child while they screamed for a parent they’ll never see again. I feel sick when I think about how there are 25,000 such children screaming in Palestine right now.
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Heron and Antiheron
November 19, 2023 at 2:46 PM
Heron and Antiheron